AUTOMATIC COP EXCHANGING APPARATUS FOR SHUTTLE LOOM

摘要

A loom assembly having an automatic cop exchanging apparatus which exchanges an old cop empty of weft for a new cop full of weft in a shuttle, comprising: a loom including upper and lower warps in which the shuttle is passed; and said cop exchanging apparatus including a hand for gripping the cop, a rotary arm plate on which said hand is mounted, first drive means for rotating said rotary arm plae and for linearly moving said rotary arm plate from a position where the cop is elevated above said shuttle to a position where the cop is lowered into contact with said shuttle in an axial direction of rotation and second drive means for moving said rotary arm plate to a cop exchange position from a waiting position where no copexchanging takes place.